"It can only have been the condition that is called catalepsy," said Challenger. From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Belt: Being an Account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger] Reference
'It can only have been the condition that is called catalepsy,' said Challenger. From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Belt]
If it is catalepsy he is suffering from, then it is a kind of catalepsy I never heard of. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
August 24, 2009 at 3:36 am afink dey has a catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Napattack - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
BROWNE: Yes that -- and it's called astral catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2002] Reference
The next higher stage of hypnotism is that of catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
A patient with catalepsy is said to be in a catatonic state. From Wordnik.com. [A Look at Catalepsy] Reference
Some doctors, however, place it between catalepsy and somnambulism. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
"It was Shou magic that put her into catalepsy in the first place.". From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Poor Miss Arthur was terror-stricken almost to the verge of catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"It's this trouble with Yanseldara's catalepsy!" the cleric protested. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
To induce what is called hemi-lethargy and hemi-catalepsy is not difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
He recognized three distinct stages -- lethargy, catalepsy and somnambulism. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
And in catalepsy and a dead trance, I studiously held the quick of my nature. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
Sleep, ordered the rogue; and the girl subsided into the catalepsy of terror. From Wordnik.com. [Starchild Omnibus]
“Yes,” said Bianchon; “we might produce imbecility instead of catalepsy.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris] Reference
After his death a paper written by him was published describing catalepsy and sense transference. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Furthermore, he believes catalepsy runs in the family and that he will end up just like his father. From Wordnik.com. [The Premature Burial (1962)] Reference
We think now he probably suffered from catalepsy, a nervous condition that causes muscular rigidity. From Wordnik.com. [Socrates ? a man for our times] Reference
Nearly all the means for producing hypnotism will, if carried to just the right degree, produce catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
In structure, they mimic death; respiration is minimized, cold sensations and catalepsy mimic rigor mortis. From Wordnik.com. [Experiencing the Next World Now] Reference
Strangely enough, he soon went off to sleep, fell into a state of catalepsy, and was insensible when pricked. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
No foot clonus, no Babinski; abdominal reflexes present, cremasteric not elicited; catalepsy not always present. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
An interesting experiment may be tried by throwing a patient into lethargy on one side and catalepsy on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
This young man was at the time a medical student, and had always exhibited a tendency to entrancement, or catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic Consciousness] Reference
This is, however, a verging toward the somnambulistic stage, for in deep catalepsy the patient does not speak or hear. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
Marshall held a burning torch to her hand, and then created a full body catalepsy and stood on her for thirty seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Redux. Dangerous Hypnosis? . . . . . . of professional jealousy and stage gimmicks . . .. . . . . . the mixed bag . . .] Reference
In these hysterical twilight states, quite aside from mutism, negativism, and catalepsy, peculiar mannerisms were noted. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
Any form of violent social upheaval means catalepsy of the arts and crafts, and a trampling under foot of old traditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
The inventor considers that this is hypnotism in its mildest form, which, after repeated experiments, might become catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
I had frightened her into catalepsy, and I ground my teeth at my ill luck, for she could have told me something of the woman. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
The possessed fell into catalepsy, and lay senseless during the time they imagined themselves in their bestial transformation. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
I was listening intently, longing for his return, which might result, by some lucky accident, in awaking me from my catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [The Room in the Dragon Volant] Reference
The arm test in step 4 is a catalepsy test but I find the rigidity one to be even more powerful as a convincer for most people. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
The echoing and re-echoing of voices along the concourse was enough to drive anybody with sensitive hearing right into catalepsy. From Wordnik.com. [Burning Water]
From the trenches of Petersburg a young artillerist wrote, “Living cannot be called a fever here but rather a long catalepsy.”. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
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